Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-18
A CALIFORNIA PARADISE.
A CALIFORNIA PARADISE.
An Eden which has an Abundance Of
Everything but Women.
INVITING CHANCES FOR WORDSWORTH PLACE
WHERE FEMALE EQUALITY Is RECoGNIzED-TOwNs
THAT SPRING Up IN DAY, AND FORTUNES THAT ARE
MADE In NIGHT.

correspondence of The EVENING STAR.
PASADENA, CAL, May "a.
Pasadena, "Crown OF the Valley" fifteen years
ago sheep rancho, to-day busting, thriving
town OF four thousand Inhabitants lies miles
| from the old Spanish city OF Los Angeles witt
which 1t is connected by rail- Half grit with the
rugged mountains Of the Sierra Madre, folded in
| the fragrant embrace of countless orange trees,
Pasadena is the place Of places where one feels
| that life is indeed worth living, and where one
would like, when the time comes to die and be
buried.
drug stores and one jewelry store make up the
business center OF Pasadena There Is also town
hall, where during the winter, balls are given.
The public library and reading room, started four
years ago with $500 worth OF books, and in small
frame house, will, in another year, be moved to a
fine building costing $4,000. The librarian is a
| cultivated and charming woman. She has held
her position since the library was opened. All re-
lig1ous denominations, except the Roman Catho-
lie and the Unitarian, are represented here.
New towns are sprtngtng up all around Pasa-
dena. MOnrovia, now boasting of two thousand
Inhabitants, celebrated its first anniversary few
days ago.
NO FEMALE HELP.
But even in this paradise Of perpetual sunshine,
OF flowers and OF birds, where the only reminder
we have OF winter is the dazzling snow on the
mountain tops the almost universal drawback
TO perfect domestic enjoyment is found. The
scarcity of efficient household help is fast
becoming national calamity, and nowhere 1t
seem to me is 1t more felt than In Southern Cali
fornia- Chinese labor is too costly for most faml-
lies, and no other is to be had. Good homes could
be given at once to at least two hundred capable
women in Pasadena alone. The usual wages OF a
Chinese cook is $50 per month, and he regulates
his own hours OF work. When 1 see the tired
mothers here who would welcome, treat as equals,
and pay well good women who would come and
help them carry their daily household burdens
my thoughts fly TO the sewing and shop girls 4
the Eastern cities. to whom this Climate
orally would give a foretaste of Heaven they
have never even dreamed Of Why Will not some
philanthropist bring colony OF them out here?
In most families, especially In the smaller towns,
the Objectionable or rather the objected to, word
servant" Is unknown, and the remuneration for
makers. though their prices are enormous, SIS and
$50 being the usual charge for making simple
dress, realize competencies in few years. There
IS no cheap labor here. Energetic, capable women
find good pay In all branches OF work.
WHERE WOMEN HAVE AN ADVANTAGE.
There Is no need OF preaching women's rights
here. The women are so greatly In the minority
that they can demand and obtain anything they
want, even II unreasonable and public sentiment
places them on an equality with man In every
way. Many women are making good nvings In
real-eState transactions their judgment being ac-
cepted, apparently, as readily that OF men bro
in Los Angeles Is managed by two women. Los
Angeles has also a loIrishing "Woman's Club, /"
where all tine leading topics Of the day are dis
cussed, including business pursuits.
FORTUNES IN REAL ESTATE.
In this great garden of the West many fortunes
have been made by the transfer of real estate
Two or three sharp men come out here, get control
of few thousand acres OF land, locate a town. set
up an Office, and, by Judic1ously giving away
hundred or TWO acres, start boom, which, in
nine cases out OF ten, results In q few weeks to
their immense profit. In one OF these "lOcat1Ons"
Just started near here there are I'VE real-estate
Offices, livery stable, and q 'h0tel," and not
single dwelling house. But there Is no doubt that
In very little while the hotel will be full of fsh
eager to bite at the bait which will be
the young men In Pasadena are land agents.
and are ali doing good business One OF them told
me yesterday that he had just made q commission
OF 81 300 by selling q piece OF property worth
S65 600. One OF the leading citizens OF Pasadena
made last year for several consecutive months
So 600 month through real estate. Men grow
rich in night. One man know bought q small
piece OF property one day and sold 1t the next at
an advance Of per cent. Land in Pasadena
proper Is valued at 81 900 an acre to $12O front
foot.
CAMP OF NvALYDS
Southern California is the great san1tar1um of
America. Hither, from all parts OF the world
flock the invaNdA The vast majority OF the peo-
ple who come here come for their health, and many
almost miraculous cures have been effected. One
great help for them is that they can live in the
open air the year round. The fields around PaSa-
dena are dotted with snowy tents, lifted up ire
uuently In pretty and home-like styles, and with
painted tops TO keep out the glare OF the sun. In
health may be found, enjoying The most perfect
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